Legal jump shot

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kaznj

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I jumped a ball the other day, and someone told me the was not legal because my tip followed through and hit the cloth. I have never heard of this rule before. I have asked other experienced players and they also say they have never heard of this.

On some draw shots you can hit the cloth on the follow through. So, I don't understand why someone might think that you can some how not follow through on a jump shot and hit the cloth.

This person would never concede that he might ever be wrong, but I would like to know if anyone else has ever heard of this.
 
The tip hitting the cloth has nothing to do as to weather the shot is legal or not. Nothing.

On a jump shot, you can NOT touch the CB with the ferrel. You can only cause the cue ball to jump by hitting it with the tip of the cue, into the table to cause an inelastic collision, which forces the cue ball off the bed of the table.

Here are the BCA rules on it. http://www.bca-pool.com/play/tournaments/rules/rls_gen.shtml
 
I'm assuming you hit down on the cue ball and didn't scoop the cue to make it jump. If this is so, it is legal and your friend doesn't understand the rules or is pulling your leg. It's OK to have your tip hit the cloth after the stroke through the ball to jump.
 
It's legal to have the tip touching the cloth on the follow through. Not everyone jumps with a loose wrist like they're lunging the tip into the CB.
 
Like stated earlier, so long as you didn't scoop...you're fine. Scooping is what your friend might've thought you did, which could/would be done from hitting your tip into the cloth and driving it under the CB causing it to go airborne. Your friend might not have been wrong...Although, since you say your tip hit the cloth during the follow through, and not right before contact, I'm going with the rest of these guys and am saying that you're fine.
 
Looks like you got the right answer many times over.

Also, if the blocking ball moves during the jump, even if it's hit by the cue stick, most places will call a foul, but the tip touching the cloth is a misinformed, nitty "foul".

Stop listening to the local league players "rules" :p


Eric
 
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